C Spire to build data center

A rendering of C Spire’s planned data processing center. The company intends to break ground next month. (Submitted photo)

NK CEO Joe Max Higgins may not know all the ins and outs of high technology, but he knows a good thing when he sees it.

That’s what he told a crowd of local officials and community leaders Thursday before C Spire announced it would build a $20 million data processing center at the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park.